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MATfT7 TT "TT5J 'JUfJUfJU"All things come to them that wait, providing they hustle while they wait." Charles TT. Anderson. "Get out of our sunshine." R. 27. Boyd.Vol. II.NASHVILLE. TENN.. FRIDAY. MAY 10. 1907.No. 18.TT T7TT(GILO5OVlTWO DRUNKENWHITE ROWDIESHELD FORTH ON LOCUST STREETf-ABOUT AN HOUR WEDNESDAY MORNING.POLICE HEADQUARTERS WERENOTIFIED BY PHONE AND .INPERSON "ARE THEY WHITEMEN?" 'DISTURBERS OF THEPEACE," WAS , THE REPLYTHAX WAS SIGNIFICANT ANDNO ARREST WAS MADe!Two semi-drunken white rowdiesheld forth for some considerable timein Western style on Locust street, between Second and Third avenues, Wednesday morning, May 8. The policedepartment was notified several timesby phone of the disorderly conduct ofthe pseudo-desperadoes, but no officersshowed up; then a party went in person and reported the situation. Theofficer at the police station to whomthe matter wa3 reported asked, "Arethey white men?" Being informedthat they were disturbers, he took itfor granted that they were white menImposing on Negroes only, and thatwas not worth any consideration, asmust be Judged from the fact that noofficer ever came, the rowdies, seeingthat their fun and bullyism were 'notikely to be interfered with by the police, continued to terrorize the street.Finally they carried the thing too farand interferred with a colored youtht?ome years the Junior of the rowdies.Another colored youth came to the assistance of the first and the two colbred youths opened up an artillery ofStones on the two white bullies, including them, and so hot and rapidwere the fire that the bullies were notallowed to retreat in order; no, theystood not on the order of going, butfled precipitately toward Third avenue. As they "skidooed" before- thatfchower of rapid Are artillery workedby the lada, everybody along the street,colored and white, gave the- fleeingrowdies the horse laugh.For nearly an hour the rowcllei staggered about the street brandishingtheir weapons and threatening peaceable and law-abiding citizens; one hadan opened knife and the other a pintbottle loaded With ''busshead" whiskey, which he ever and anon motionedIn a manner as if he were going tothrow it at some one who happened toinspire his displeasure.Many people were attracted by theantics of these two would be toughs,and they fcraned their heads andpeer?4 in every direction to see somewhcer heave into sight, coming to takethe semi-inebriates in tow. But, alas!no officer came, and- the Job of riddingthe vicinity of the presence of the bullies was left to the two colored ladswho did it thoroughly.. The Vulgar conduct of the two bullies attempted on the premises of a rejnilable and respectable citizen and thebelligerent attitude assumed by themwhen remonstrated with and put off,were reported at police station, bothby phone and In person, but were ignored. Were these men stool pigeons?Were they playing an inspired role or"game?" Were theirs the minor partof a deeper drama? One thing stoodout as singular in the whole affair andwas witnessed by every looker-on, andthat was this the men who had all alongpretended to be reeling drunk, ran assteadily as men could have run whenthe lads got too hot for their longerlarryEvery Mass and condition of orderlycimer.'d that have confidence in andon the proper authorities for protection against rowdyism should haveit when they ask for it, without thatprotection or non-protection beingpredicated upon the color of the perpetrator. When a complaint is madeagainst a disturber of the peace, whathas "Is he white or black" to do withthe nature or quality of the complaintor crime?' PEARL HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.That was a fine . compliment paidthis school by Mrs. D. J. Jarrett In theEvening Banner of last Monday. Mrs.Jarrett is the Chairman of the W. C.T. U. organization of Davidson Countyand the editor of the W. C. T. U. column In the Nashville Banner. In company with Mrs. Helen D. Harford, awoman of national reputation and anoted speaker In the Temperancecause, these two estimable women visited our school last Monday. Mrs.Harford made an eloquent address tothe students In which she appealed tothem to avoid whisky and tobacco inevery form. The quotation from theBanner Is as follows: "This school forthe Negro population of the city is surely deserving of much praise. As the visitors were invited in and seated on theplatform of the second floor, there wasa manner and air of politeness aboutthe entire school that was noticeable.They greeted ua with the song 'OldKentucky Home,' and the melody -sofilled the heart as to bring tears to theeye." This testimony In regard to politeness ia in direct contrast to thepreachments of a gdod many Southernstatesmen'!?), that education tends tomake the Negro insolent.Dr. F. G. Smith, the principal, hasaccepted an invitation to deliver theannual address to the graduating classof the Colored High School of Columbia, Tenn., on Friday night, May 24.He will speak on the subject, "Education as related to Success and Prosperity." Prof. W. E. Newsom, principal ofWayman Institute at Harrodsburg,Ky., visited the school on Wednesday.The teachers have entered upontheir last course of manual traininginstruction, and will complete thework for this year in three more lessons. The lady teachers are now taking sewing under Miss Elizabeth Randais, and the male teachers have hadtheir first lesson in mechanical drawing, under Mr. Eugene Gillihan. Thework has proved very helpful, but thework has been so taxing and theweather so unfit for the best effort,that teacherB will give & sigh Of reliefwhen it is ail over.BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOLS TOCELEBRATE CHILDREN'S DAY.Efforts are now being out on foot tobring the twenty-five Baptist churchesin Nashville all of which have an organized Sunday school at theirchurches, together in ono grand rallyon Children's Day, which has been sotfor the second Sunday in June, whichis June 9. A Globe representative inspeaking to one of the prompters ofthis undertaking, learned that it istheir plan to have the celebration ofChildren's Day at beautiful Greenwood Park. The Sunday school superintendents of every Baptist Sunday school in the city have beenurged to meet in the chapel of theNational Baptist Publishing Board.Sunday afternoooa at 2 o'clock, May12. At this meetings pians will belaid out for the celebration. Each Sunday school will be urged to charter aspecial car and go out to Greenwoodunder its own banner. Children'sDay is celebrated by all denominaoutward noise that the other denomtlons.but the Baptists nave made moreinations recently, and they proposethis year to demonstrate theirstrength. Fully 5,000 children are expected to march under the variousbanners from the car line to Greenwood Park. A magnificent bannerwill be presented by the PublishingBoard to the Sunday School havingthe best report. The movement willbe organized into a kind of city unicnmovement and vigorously pushed until the second Sunday in June. It islearned that Mr. Henry A. Boyd, whois the assistant secretary of the National Baptist Publishing Board, is atthe head of the movement. He hasissued a call for a meeting of Sundayschool superintendents.DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.Messrs. -Nace Dixon, W. H. Keesee,V. S. Dabney, of Clarksville, Tenn.;II. N. O. Terry, of Florence, Ala.; C.L. Crowder, of Lebanon, Tenn.; J. O.Chafin, of Hopkins ville, Ky.; and D.L. White, of Pulaski, Tenn., were visitors in the city in the attendance oithe Funeral Directors' and Embalmers' Association of Tennesse, whichheld its meeting at the National Casket Company Building and the Chamber of Commerce. The Associationbegan its session May 7, lastingthrough May 10.These gentlemen were the guests ofElder Preston Taylor last Thursdayevening and after the meeting adjourned he carried them out for adrive for the remainder of the day toGreenwood Park and Greenwood Cemetery, where each gentleman expressed himself as being delighted ir.seeing such beautiful places, thoughin despite of the rain thtry were highly pleased with their visit to the Cemetery and Tark as well as the longdrive. Elder Taylor invited the gentlemen to make us a .special visit toNashvillo later on in the summerwhen the Park will be in full bloom.MAGNIFICENTSPRING FESTIVALHE1D AT MT. OilVE. MAY 6-10.VAST NUMBER OF PEOPLEATTENDED.DECORATIONS OF THE MANYBOOTHS AS WELL AS THELARGE AUDITORIUM WEREBEAUTIFUL RARE THINGS ONEXHIBITION SUPPLY OF EATABLES WAS EXHAUSTED EACHNIGHT.For twenty years, or in other words,since the organization of Mt. OliveBaptist Church in 1887, it has beenthe custom to have during the monthof May, a spring festival. This hasbeen kept up regularly without ceasing. The church under the formerpastor commemorated these customs,and for the past thirteen years, sinceDr. Clark has been pastor, they havebeen kept up with the same regularity. The festival this year is underthe able management of Mr. WilliamYoung, who is an ardent worker Inthe church identifying himself withevery movement that will in any waybenefit the church spiritually or financially. He organized the churchinto a working committee of 150 andsubdivided this committee into various other committees. The openingof the festival Monday night was under the most promising circumstances. The weather was beautifuland hundreds of friends and memberstook advantage to be present. Thebasement or the Sunday school roomwas converted into a spacious hall.All of the seats were removed andover twenty booths were built. Thesewere beautifully decorated and hadattending them proficient workers.The festival opened with a specialprogram. The chorus "Awake, O,Zion," was participated in by the twochoirs (senior and junior) consistingof fifty voices. Prayer was offered byDr. C. TI. Clark; an oration, "Home,Sweet Home," by A. C. Sloan; violinsolo by Harrison Drake; closing songby the combined choirs, with merriment and fun throughout the evening,marked the first night's proceedings.The attendance was between 25.0 and300.The second night of the spring festival proved as attractive to themasses as did the opening night. Thecrowds came from all parts of thecity. Every booth in the church wraswell patronized. One of the mostunique booths in the festival was thatof the Globe Publishing Company. Itis said to be one of the first instancesin the history of a spring festivalwhere a newspaper is enterprisingenough to be represented where thepeople could know and see for themselves that the weekly journals havean interest in their doings. There wasno special program on the secondnight, but the entire evening wasgiven over to making new friends andgreeting old ones. Eatables of allkinds were to be had at the tables.The novelty, tinware and soft drinkcounters were liberally patronized.The register of names of visitors tthe festival continued vith successIt is estimated that over 400 peoplepassed in the door on the secondnight.(Continued on Page Four.)CALL FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS. The superintendents of all Sundayschools in the city of Nashville are respectfully urged to meet in the chapelof the National Baptist PublishingBoard, corner North Market and Locust streets, on Sunday at 3 p. m.,May 12, for the purpose of considering plans to celebrate in union Children's Day, which is the second Sunday in June, being the 9th day. Superintendents who cannot attend willplease send a representative to thismeeting.HENRY A. BOYD,Assistant Secretary Publishing Board.NEGRO INVENTS' BUTTING POST,Special to the Globe.Dickson Tenn. The town of Dickson has an inventor, Henry Gray byname, who promises great achievements in the inventive field. Mr. Grayis an employe of the N. C. & St. L.Railroad at this place and for a yearor more he has been at work carryinghis invention of a car stop, or buttingpost, for use of railroads in stoppingcars at the end of sidetracks, etc., tocompletion. The mold has been submitted to a number of expert railroad menand all pronounced it the most available thing of the kind they have everseen. It is constructed of wood andiron, and will resist the heaviest forcethat can possibly be put against it.having a resisting power of many tonsweight. A patent has been appliedfor.The Negro is taking his place bythe side of the leading inventors ofthe times, and is learning to reap thebenefits from his genius.The following special to one of thedaily papers, says in relation to thematter: "Henry Cray, the colored inventor of Dickson, who has inventeda railway butting post, mention ofwhich was recently made in the Banner, has been offered a handsome little fortune for his invention, but sofar has accepted no offer, preferring topatent the machine and then risk itupon its merits. This Is truly a wonderful invention, and yet so simple inonstruction that after seeing it everyone is constrained to ask why he himself had not thought of it. The appliance, which is claimed to stop carsat the terminus of railroad tracks, orwherever a car-stop is needed, has aresisting power of hundreds of tons.ind yet its recoil is so complete thatwith whatever force a car may bethrown against it, the latter standsno chance of injury. It is estimatedthat its economical saving to a line ofroad in one year would be thousandsof dollars in the protection of cars."L. & N. WILL HONOR A WORTHYMAN.A barbecue is being planned by thelocal officials of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in honor of Mr. MattWhite a faithful and efficient employeof the road, who will round out hishalf century of service with that company on June 8. Mr. R. H. Bransford,Soliciting Agent of the L. & N., isChairman of the Committee on Arrangements, and will be assisted byMessrs. Lee Baskette, of the Cumberland Gap Despatch, and S. M. Price.Addresses will probably be made byMaj. James Geddes, Maj. E. B. Stahlman, Maj. E. C. Lewis and Mr. C. H.Sanders of this city and Mr. W. II.Tinsley, of Louisville. The Fisk GleeClub will probably sing some old-fashioned songs, and altogether theday will be one long to be remembered by faithful Mr. White, who hasnursed the L. & N. from its birth until the present time, having been amember of the first track laying gangthat left Nashville. Invitations willbe issued from the local office to allthe officers and old employes of thecompany, and arrangements are beingmade for one of the largest gatherings of L. & N. railroad men that hasbeen seen in Nashville for some time.Mr. White has served under the following local agents: Messrs. John SBransford, E. B. Stahlman, C. II. Sanders, W. T. Peyton and C. W. Toliver,the present agent, in whose administration & is a very important employe. He accepted service under Maj.Geddes in June, 1857, at which timeMaj. Geddes, now Assistant GeneralManager of the L. & N., was a civilengineer in charge of construction.He has proved one among the manyfaithful, honest, upright and truthfulemployes of the road, and looks forward with a great deal of pleasure tothe barbecue that is being planned forhim at Watkins Park on June 8.Mr. White said to a Globe represen-atlve that he had seen several menrise from humble to the highest Inthe railroad service, but he had nevergotten higher than the top of a boxcar. But despite this he has beentrue to( every trust and well meritsevery honor that can be shown him.TENNESSEE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLNOTES.The boys have been quite busy forthe last week, breaking rock.George Morris, our cook, was madehappy by a visit from his father fromChattanooga.We greatly enjoyed a visit lastweek from Miss Maggie Ilamm, of Antioch, Mrs. Pay ton's sister. II. Howlett, of Clarksville, paid us a visit thisweek, also Dr. H. T. Noel and wife.Our pastor, Rev. Mr. Lusk, openedthe doors of the church Sunday andtwentv-five of the children joined.Miss Annie Peyton, the matron ofthe girls' department, was glad to seeMrs. Amanda Frierson and daughterI.ula this week.Mr. and J. B. Peyton, both say theGlobe is a great paper. All the boysHike it very much.GRANDEST COMMENCEMENTEVER AT WAtDEN UNIVERSITYWAS HELD DURING PRES'ENT WEEK.FROM THE BACCALAUREATE?SERMON TO THE CLOSING COLLEGE EXERCISES THURSDAYMORNING, EVERY PROGRAMMEWAS CARRIED OUT IN A MANNER WHICH WAS PRAISEWORTHY AND COMMENDABLE.The season for the closing of schools,'hich is looked forward t(i with potrcr.ness filled with exoectatimia hv thosweet girl graduate, the ambitiousyoung men, dreaming of how they willoutstrip Plato, Cicero and Demosthenes on the platform, and parentshappy over the prospects of how theirchildren will aDuear on the utaco roav- MW0 IVlfcUJfor life s turmoil and battle, hascome; ana rrom now on until the middle of June there will be held in ranldsuccession one commencement exerciseafter another.The forty-first annual mmmonn.ment exercise of the literary, theological and industrial denartment nt wi.den University was held under favor-aoie circumstances. The Baccalaureate sermon on Sundav mnrUprt thoopening. The entire week up to Thursday nas been spent in profitable andenjoyable exercises. ; , :;The graduating exercises nf tha ew.lish department took place on Monday,May C, 7:30 n. m.. in the Meharrv An.ditorium. A larger crowd than usualwas present. The program was as follows :Processional March was played byProf. E. D. Johnson.Chorus "Day by Day". ....... .Fearisuigntn uraue Singing ClassInvocationChorus "Over the Meadow". . .Fearisfetir Keiiance Georgia E. JohnsonDemand of the Time..Cassie B. RattlpOur Wars J. Chester Boltonvalue or Hope ....Mattie W. E. SneadPiano Quartette Festival March...;. RathbumPIANO CERTIFICATE CLASS.To Be Something James B. HarrisTrue Womanhood. .Minnie B. SawyersMaite Haste SlowlyMatilda A. L. PvlesRecitation -Selling the Farm...Hattie E. FlovdDuet Summer Breezes ...,DenzaSophronia D. Mayberry,Mary E. Albritton.Cheerfulness and SuccessDaisy L. KillensworthRecitation The Tyrol MaidLillian B. LanslevValue of Higher EducationMary L. PorterViolin Solo '"Ever So Fair" WaltzBowmanMatthew G. Thornton.Reach the Goal. ...... .T. Blaine NewOur Homes Elvira ChapmanChristian Manhood. . .Harry ThorntonTrio The Dew MlnardAddie L. Buchanan, Susie Lee-Dobson, Bertha, R. Travis, LueUa ,A. Waddy, Fannie Duncan, Samella V. McNeil. ...;.,NORMAL CLASS CRADUATIXO EXERCISES.On Tuesday night, May 7, at 7:30 p.ni., the Normal Class of Walden University was presented to the public.The exercises took place in the Meharry Auditorium. By 7:30 every availaide seat in the auditorium was takenind by 8 o'clock chairs filled all theaisles. By the time the processionalmarch was played, standing room wasi thing of the past.- After the march,President Kumler offered a ferventtayer. A piano duet. "Sakontola".!byBendel was gracefully ' rendered ; byMisses Beatrice Stewart and Lela Porter. The salutatory address, ."The Negro in Literature," by Miss .JohnnieMarie Denny, was given close attention: She is an excellent speaker, andhad a voice suitable for the occasion.The oration, "The Patriotism ofIVace," by John Howard McMorrls,was the treat of the evening. Heshowed exceptional oratorical powers,rendering his piece in a most pleasingmanner. He captured the audience,which showed its high regard by the